CHAPTER XXIV.

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Mrs. Catt calls Executive Council of One Hundred to Washington--It sends letter to President Wilson offering services of National American Association--Organizes four departments of work--Mass meeting held, Secretary of War Baker speaks--President expresses approval of the association's work--Woman's Committee of Government Council of National Defense formed, Dr. Shaw appointed chairman, Mrs. Catt and other leading suffragists made members--Reports of department heads at National Suffrage convention--Report of association's Oversea Hospitals, their important work--Anti-suffrage women attack suffrage leaders--After Armistice Mrs. Catt calls meeting in New York, which requests President Wilson to appoint women delegates to Peace Conference in Paris--Woman's Committee of National Defense ends work--Secretary Baker's tribute to Dr. Shaw.

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